Tornadoes spawned by Tropical Storm Debby leveled homes, damaged a school and killed one person early Thursday, as the system dropped heavy rain and flooded communities across North and South Carolina.
It only took 15 seconds for a tornado to devastate Genesis Cooper's home in Lucama, North Carolina, a small town about 40 miles east of Raleigh. He almost slept through it -- if not for an alert on his wife's phone.The 51-year-old, his wife and their 20-year-old son huddled in the home's middle bathroom with blankets. They felt vibrations and heard glass shattering before hearing a sudden boom.
Theresa Richardson hunkered down with her husband and granddaughter in the closet of their Lucama home as the tornado tore through about a mile away. "It was heartbreaking to see the school right after the event," Superintendent Lane Mills said in a statement. Many townspeople helped fill sandbags on Wednesday before up to 3 feet of floodwaters backed into the downtown overnight. When the sun came up, water could still be seen bubbling out of manhole covers.
More flooding was expected in parts of eastern South Carolina and southeast North Carolina, where an additional 3 to 9 inches of rain is possible as the storm moves north. That raised concerns that flash floods could strike mountainous areas of Virginia and West Virginia.Debby also could bring more tornadoes Thursday in parts of North Carolina and Virginia, forecasters said.
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